Linking river management to species conservation using dynamic landscape-scale models

River Research and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 906-918

  Freeman, M C ^a   Buell, G R ^a   Hay, L E ^b   Hughes, W B ^a   Jacobson, R B ^a   Jones, J W ^a   Jones, S A ^a   Lafontaine, J H ^a   Odom, K R ^c   Peterson, J T ^a,d   Riley, J W ^a,d   Schindler, J S ^a   Shea, C ^a,d   Weaver, J D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USGS Alabama Water Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic biodiversity; Fluvial geomorphology; Freshwater fishes; Hydrologic models; Metapopulation dynamics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STREAMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 84883760589     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.2575     Document Type: Article

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